“Goodbye” may sound simple, but it carries emotion, meaning, and cultural significance.
Whether you’re parting ways for the day or saying farewell for longer, expressing goodbye in someone’s language adds a personal, heartfelt touch.
In this post, you’ll discover 70 ways to say “goodbye” in different languages, complete with pronunciation and example sentences.
✨ 70 Ways to Say “Goodbye” in Different Languages
- English – Goodbye (good-BYE)
Goodbye! See you soon. - Spanish – Adiós (ah-dee-OHS)
Adiós, nos vemos mañana. - French – Au revoir (oh ruh-VWAHR)
Au revoir et bonne journée ! - German – Auf Wiedersehen (owf VEE-duhr-zayn)
Auf Wiedersehen! Bis später. - Italian – Arrivederci (ah-ree-veh-DER-chee)
Arrivederci, amico mio! - Portuguese – Adeus (ah-DEH-oosh)
Adeus, até breve! - Dutch – Tot ziens (tot ZEENS)
Tot ziens! Veel plezier. - Swedish – Hej då (hey doh)
Hej då, vi ses imorgon. - Norwegian – Ha det (HAH deh)
Ha det bra! - Danish – Farvel (far-VEL)
Farvel og tak for i dag! - Finnish – Näkemiin (NAH-keh-meen)
- Estonian – Head aega (HEH-aht AYE-gah)
- Latvian – Uz redzēšanos (ooz red-ZEH-shah-nos)
- Lithuanian – Sudie (soo-DYEH)
- Polish – Do widzenia (doh veed-ZEH-nya)
- Czech – Na shledanou (nah SKHLE-dah-noh)
- Slovak – Dovidenia (doh-vee-DYEH-nya)
- Hungarian – Viszlát (VEES-laht)
- Romanian – La revedere (lah reh-veh-DEH-reh)
- Greek – Αντίο (an-DEE-oh)
- Russian – До свидания (da svee-DAH-nee-ya)
- Ukrainian – До побачення (do po-BAH-chenn-ya)
- Belarusian – Да пабачэння (da pa-BAH-chen-nya)
- Serbian – Довиђења (doh-vee-JEH-nya)
- Croatian – Doviđenja (doh-vee-JEH-nya)
- Bosnian – Doviđenja (doh-vee-JEH-nya)
- Slovenian – Nasvidenje (nahs-VEE-deh-nye)
- Macedonian – Довидување (doh-vee-DOO-vahn-yeh)
- Bulgarian – Довиждане (doh-VEEZH-dah-neh)
- Turkish – Hoşça kal (hosh-CHA kal)
- Arabic – وداعًا (wadaʿan)
- Hebrew – להתראות (leh-hit-rah-OT)
- Persian – خداحافظ (kho-dah-HAH-fez)
- Hindi – अलविदा (al-vee-daa)
- Urdu – الوداع (al-widāʿ)
- Bengali – বিদায় (bidaẏ)
- Punjabi – ਅਲਵਿਦਾ (alvida)
- Gujarati – અલવિદા (alvida)
- Marathi – अलविदा (alvida)
- Tamil – விடைபெறுகிறேன் (viṭaippeṟugiṟēn)
- Telugu – వీడ్కోలు (vīḍkōlu)
- Kannada – ವಿದಾಯ (vidāya)
- Malayalam – വിട (viṭa)
- Sinhala – ගිහින් එන්නම් (gihin ennan)
- Thai – ลาก่อน (laa gòn)
- Vietnamese – Tạm biệt (tahm BYET)
- Khmer – លាហើយ (lee-ah haoy)
- Lao – ລາກ່ອນ (laa-kon)
- Chinese (Mandarin) – 再见 (zài jiàn)
- Japanese – さようなら (sa-yoh-oh-na-rah)
- Korean – 안녕히 가세요 (annyeonghi gaseyo)
- Mongolian – Баяртай (bayar-tai)
- Tibetan – ག་ལེར་ཕེབས (ga-le phheb)
- Malay – Selamat tinggal (suh-LAH-maht ting-GAHL)
- Indonesian – Sampai jumpa (sam-PIE JOOM-pah)
- Tagalog – Paalam (pa-AH-lam)
- Hawaiian – Aloha (ah-LOH-hah)
- Samoan – Tofa (toh-FAH)
- Maori – Haere rā (HAH-reh RAH)
- Fijian – Moce (MO-theh)
- Swahili – Kwaheri (kwa-HEH-ree)
- Zulu – Hamba kahle (HAM-bah GAH-shleh)
- Xhosa – Sala kakuhle (SAH-lah kah-KOOH-leh)
- Yoruba – O dàbọ (oh DAH-bo)
- Igbo – Ka ọ dị (kah oh dee)
- Hausa – Sai an jima (sigh an JEE-mah)
- Amharic – ደህና ሁኑ (dehna hunu)
- Somali – Nabadey (nah-bah-DAY)
- Afrikaans – Totsiens (TOT-seens)
- Esperanto – Ĝis revido (jees reh-VEE-doh)
🌍 Final Thought
Saying goodbye is a universal experience. Whether it’s a casual see-you-later or a heartfelt farewell, learning to say goodbye in another language is a small act of cultural understanding that goes a long way. Try using one of these next time you part ways — and keep spreading connection through language.
